Burgess Shelley - Lead like a pirate: make school amazing for your students and staff

If youre ready to take your school or district to the next level of excellence, you need to read Lead Like a PIRATE. Shelley Burgess and Beth Houf share personal stories and expert advice on how to build and lead a crew and how to create a culture where each crew member is valued. They offer the perfect mix of inspiration, encouragement, and real-world experience to help you become the kind of leader you have always wanted to be.

When you read Lead Like a Pirate, you will understand that you are not alone. The authors discuss the ups and downs of leadership in an authentic and compelling way, while helping you steer your direction and the direction of your organization to a much better path. Fun, easy to read, authentic, and packed with ideas to do right now, this is a great book for any leader who is passionate about moving themselves and others forward.

Based on undeniable experience, brilliance, and heart, Lead Like A PIRATE is a book that will push you to think, reflect, and go for greatness. Staying true to PIRATE, Beth Houf and Shelley Burgess creatively unfold the acronym with their own unique twist, revealing what leading should look like in every school. Packed with stories, practical tools and strategies, thought-provoking challenges, and a message so clearly fueled by passion, Beth and Shelley will connect to you as the genuine leaders they are. Regardless of your title, Lead Like a PIRATE will inspire you to lead in your own way, brainstorm ideas to up your game, and take risks in influencing others around you, because its the right thing to do. A text that holds empowerment, world-changing practices, and immense potential for positive change, Lead Like a PIRATE should be in the hands of every educator across the globe.

As a big fan of Teach Like a PIRATE, I was thrilled to know Beth and Shelley were writing this book for leaders. And they did not disappoint. The book has all the energy, excitement, and enthusiasm you would expect. Having this book is like having a personal coach in your corner. Youll be on your way to better leadership and a stronger school.

Beth and Shelley lay down the gauntlet in Lead Like a PIRATE and truly effuse the message of passion from their hearts. They are unwavering in their excitement for creating truly exceptional schools that all kids will want to be running into each and every day! Lead Like a PIRATE is a must-read book and will sharpen your sword and thrust you into the battle for doing whats best for kids!

In Lead Like a PIRATE, Shelley and Beth provide us with a road map for finding our passion for leadership and service. Every school leader and aspiring administrator who wants to begin the journey of making a difference (rather than focusing on compliance) should read this book. PIRATE leaders need more crew and fewer passengers. I am on board!

As an enthusiastic future administrator, I have found my treasure map and my treasure chest overflowing with gems! Lead Like a PIRATE contains a plethora of practical ideas and strategies to keep the PIRATE culture alive while captaining the ship. Not only do Shelley and Beth provide insight into their leadership experiences, but they also give the PIRATE leader a compass to help navigate the administrative roles while embracing their unique talents to create a school culture where students and staff are running to get in and not out. Im honored to own this abundance of wealth before stepping into administration. Watch out world; this girl WILL Lead Like a Pirate!

Every so often a book comes along that actually reads you. No matter where you are at in your school-leadership journey, Shelley and Beth will help propel you to greatness. These pages contain an enchanted comingling of inspiration and pragmatic ideas. You will feel your leadership capacity increase while reading Lead Like a PIRATE.

Shelley Burgess and Beth Houf take PIRATE leadership to new depths in Lead Like a PIRATE. This book shows that courageous leaders can build the types of schools where adults are excited to work and kids are excited to come to school. Beth and Shelley have taken their experiences in educational leadership and drawn a treasure map toward success for those of us who aspire to be great. This book will take you out of your comfort zone and push you toward greatness. The challenges, which are included throughout the book, will push you to become a better leader. Like the other PIRATE books before it (Teach Like A Pirate, Learn Like A Pirate, Play Like A Pirate, and Explore Like A Pirate,) I will continually go back to Lead Like a PIRATE when I need inspiration, motivation, and ideas that will make my school better.

Reading Lead Like a Pirate is like sharing a cup of coffee with two upbeat and positive mentors at an EdCamp. Shelley Burgess and Beth Houf share relatable anecdotes from their respective leadership journeys and weave a book that will serve as a passionate addition to any educators bookshelf. More than that, the dynamic duo of Burgess and Houf provides a blueprint filled with actionable ideas, clear resources, and invitational reflective questions for compassionate leadership in the schoolhouse. A game-changing book written in service and support of students, educators, and school communities, Lead Like a PIRATE will ignite the inspiration for the PIRATE leader within all of us.

Lead Like a PIRATE is a must-read for those leaders who are looking to transform their leadership, create a positive working and learning environment, and build amazing learning experiences for kids and adults. This book needed to be written. It provides a compass to sail the choppy waters of educational leadership and the treasure map to guide leaders to find the gold within their schools and themselves!

Shelley and Beth have put their hearts and souls on the pages of this book. I still remember the day I read Teach Like a PIRATE and the impact the book instantly had on my teaching career. As I read through Lead Like a PIRATE, I had that same feeling all over again as a campus administrator. Coming from two who have been through the trenches, I could feel the passion and honesty on every page. This book is one that I will be re-reading time and time again.

Every educator, regardless of their title, has within them the capacity to lead and to make a positive impact on the students they serve. Burgess and Houf remind us in Lead Like a PIRATE that leaders must embrace the notion that their primary role is culture first, culture next, culture always. Drawing from their extensive educational experiences, these two passionate authors share a number of dynamic examples and strategies that will invigorate you and leave you feeling inspired to create amazing learning experiences for all kids!